Dictionary of Arms and Armour: correspondence - publication
Reference code
BEA/04/01
Title
Dictionary of Arms and Armour: correspondence - publication
Date
1942-1995
Level of description
File
Extent and format
1 box, containing 2 folders
Scope and content
Manilla folder containing correspondence, mainly original, gathered by Claude Blair towards the publication of a Dictionary of Arms and Armour based upon Beard's researches. The papers are in two sections (a) 1957-1976, (b) 1984-1995.
Blue folder containing mainly photocopies of the same correspondence, but with further material, including an original letter to Beard from JG Mann, said to date from 1942.
Blue folder containing mainly photocopies of the same correspondence, but with further material, including an original letter to Beard from JG Mann, said to date from 1942.
Creator
Beard, Charles Relly (1891-1958), historian of costume, arms and armour
Blair, Claude (1922-2010), museum curator, scholar and antiquary
Blair, Claude (1922-2010), museum curator, scholar and antiquary